China (mainland) (B) (NB), Hong Kong (China) (B) (NB), Vietnam (B) (NB).
Unknown to Taiwan (China).
Lowland central, eastern and south-eastern China from southern Gansu and Shaanxi east to Liaoning, Hebei and Shandong, south to Sichuan, Yunnan, Hainan I, Guangdong and Fujian, Taiwan (including small island of Kinmen, off Fujian), and Vietnam (lowland eastern Tonkin south to central Annam).
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 10,000 - 19,999 (2010) and decreasing.
Status VU
Habitat destruction and food-source illimination through agricultural intensification, particularly the excessive use of pesticides and rodenticides, is the main threat.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Voice
Calls include a loud repeated "kaaarr" or "kaar-karr" as well as various cawing creaking and clicking sounds.
Collared Crow (Corvus torquatus) [XC161408]
by Frank Lambert from Guangyuan, Sichuan [approx location], China (call)
Collared Crow (Corvus torquatus) [XC81126]
by Frank Lambert from Maipo, Hong Kong, China (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Formerly known as central. torquatus, but that name invalid, as preoccupied. Possibly part of the superspecies formed by Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) and Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet